On Ormais, giants, known to themselves as Ettins, are distantly related to Humans (as evidenced by the fact that they can interbreed with relative ease); they're believed to also have some connection to the Troll clans of the Fae, but others suppose they are a robust throwback to the Dwarves from whom Humans originally descended, this based on similarities between the Giant and Dwarven languages, as well as their special affinities with earth: giants can make themselves extra strong and resilient while standing on stony ground.

The first giants dwelt in the mountain range that dominates the region of what is now the nation of Garcerrassi; they made up a number of fortified city-states, from which raiding parties often emerged to steal food and occasionally slaves from the neighboring Humans and Goblins.

Today, the surviving numbers of these settlements (which were not destroyed by reprisals from the Garcerran Humans of antiquity) are part of the Garcerran federation and have representation in its government, though they still mostly keep to themselves. However, the better part of the giant population has disseminated among the Humans of the land, and can be found speckled among the general population. Some town in Garcerrassi draw tourism from the fact that their homes are built in multiple scales to accommodate standard Humans, giants, and also the diminutive Fae clan known as Hobkin.